Exporting Files from Final Cut Pro
If you’d like to export your file from Final Cut Pro to the web, here’s a nice visual guideline
Step 1: Export using Quicktime Conversion
Step 2: Export using the setting Broadband - Medium
Importing Music into Final Cut Pro
For those who need some help importing your mp3’s into your movie projects, here is a quick tutorial on how to do just that. Follow along on your own computer, and your movies will be singing in no time.
First, you’ll have to convert your mp3 file into an AIFF file using iTunes. Then we’ll import that AIFF file into Final Cut Pro.
To begin, first open up iTunes.
1. Click on iTunes -> Preferences
2. Now, click on the Advanced icon. Select AIFF Encoder from the drop-down menu on Importing Options.
You’ll need to make sure your file is Imported into iTunes (you can just drag the file onto the iTunes playlist). Once your file is imported into iTunes, select your file and convert it to an AIFF file.
Now that you’ve prepped your file, import the file into Final Cut Pro
Make sure you select your AIFF file to import into Final Cut.
Once the file is imported, you can just drag the file into the timeline and treat it like any other clip, or movie file. Fade in, fade out, or even cross-fade.
Happy editing!
Barcode Art
Scott Blake makes flipbook animations using barcodes from CD’s. Take a look at the video on Scott’s site, or watch the video below (via YouTube).
Make sure to check out his Ozzy Osbourne barcode art. I saw his site over a year ago, and it’s really progressed since then - great work, Scott!
Soundstreams Presentation
This past May, I presented at Soundstream’s conference : New Models for Distribution.
Using slideshare.net, I’ve embedded the presentation here! I hope this will be useful to those who were there!
Dancing in the Fields
I’ve been spending the first part of my summer with the Martha Graham Dance Company. We’re on a residency at Skidmore. I’ve had the privilege of working with phenomenal dancers from the company, and am also working with a team of over 30 students to produce a group blog.
For an overview of the project, visit the site : http://clytemnestraproject.com/about-the-project/
You can check out my photos here
We shot and edited this video sketch in one day : Dancing in the Fields : http://vimeo.com/1126197
Dancing in the Fields from Jaki Levy on Vimeo.
Hillary Clinton just emailed me about Obama’s victory
In her own words :
I want to congratulate Senator Obama and his supporters on the extraordinary race that they have run. Senator Obama has inspired so many Americans to care about politics and empowered so many more to get involved, and our party and our democracy are stronger and more vibrant as a result.
Whatever path I travel next, I promise I will keep faith with you and everyone I have met across this good and great country. There is no possible way to thank you enough for everything you have done throughout this primary season, and you will always be in my heart.
Obama Wins Democratic Nomination
I just got an email from Barack Obama.
In his words,
I’m about to take the stage in St. Paul and announce that we have won the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
It’s been a long journey, and we should all pause to thank Hillary Clinton, who made history in this campaign. Our party and our country are better off because of her.
I want to make sure you understand what’s ahead of us. Earlier tonight, John McCain outlined a vision of America that’s very different from ours — a vision that continues the disastrous policies of George W. Bush.
But this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past and bring new energy and new ideas to the challenges we face. Our time to offer a new direction for the country we love.
It’s going to take hard work, but thanks to you and millions of other donors and volunteers, no one has ever been more prepared for such a challenge.
